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guys welcome to another video you've got

mr everything english

and i hope you are all doing well now in

this video guys this is going to be hopefully

hopefully

the go-to video for you when it comes to

language devices

let's try to cover 25 language devices

without me talking forever and ever and

ever i'll try to keep it as short

and as succinct as possible but at the

same time making sure

you are able to understand each and

every language device

now before i begin guys as always please

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let's begin

number one guys let's look at pathetic

fallacy pathetic fallacy is when the weather

weather

or the atmosphere describes the mood for

example if it's really really sunny

people are normally really really happy

and if it's raining people are normally sad

sad

now i said atmosphere as well for

example a dark night

a dark night isn't the weather but it is

the atmosphere and the dark knight

brings with it a evil and a nasty atmosphere

atmosphere

so guys pathetic fallacy is when the

weather or the atmosphere

describes the mood number two guys let's

look at personification

personification is when an object nope

let me rephrase that

personification is when a non-human is given

given

human qualities so that i repeat is when

a non-human

is given human qualities for example

this pen the pen

was sitting on the table sitting is the

human feature

by me saying the pen is sitting on the

table i personified

the pen number three guys let's go for

simile a simile is when you compare two things

things

using like or as for example

he was as strong as an ox

she was like a gazelle as she

walked down the street comparing two things

things

using like or as a metaphor guys a

metaphor is when you compare two things

using is or are that's the easiest way i

can explain it

is comparing two things using is or she

is a monster you are a monster i've

compared two things

there's no like there's no as rather i

said she

is a monster you are a monster number

five i believe guys number five extended metaphor

metaphor

an extended metaphor is when you pick a metaphor

metaphor

explain how and basically turn it into a long

long

metaphor for example life is

a roller coaster this is a metaphor

because i've compared life

to a roller coaster life is a roller coaster

coaster

now let's turn it into an extended

metaphor by explaining how

life is a rollercoaster you can never prepare

prepare

for the ups and downs that it will bring

at the greatest heights you will be at

the greatest heights

and at times it will crush but every day

is never

the same just the way every turn on a

roller coaster

is never the same i've taken the

metaphor life is a rollercoaster

and i've basically explained how making

it a long

making it an extended metaphor all right

guys i'm going to make another numbers

because i'm going to forget

this is number six okay number six let's

go for oxymoron oxymoron is when you

have two

opposite words side by side for example

for example for example for example the small

small

giant the small giant is an oxymoron

because we have two opposite words

because giants are not normally small

next number seven guys can we please

look at juxtaposition

juxtaposition is when you have two

opposing two opposite ideas

how do you create juxtaposition you get

an oxymoron

and you explain how for example

the small giant this was a metaphor

let me turn it into juxtaposition the

small giant

was tiptoeing trying to reach the top shelf

shelf

however his small arms and puny fingers

could would not let him grab the jar of jam

jam

i've turned that oxymoron into juxtaposition

juxtaposition

by explaining how the giant is small

guide number eight let's go for

symbolism symbolism is when

objects are linked and present meaning

for example if i were a face mask

you would all think covered if i bought

a nappy

you will all think about a baby if i

bought popcorn

you might think of the movies in macbeth

the dagger

links to death in romeo and juliet the

balcony in the balcony scene

could be a symbol for hierarchy it's

when objects can be linked to wider meaning

meaning

guide number nine number nine is when words

words

across an extract can be linked to one

idea it's called a semantic field a

semantic field guys is when words across

an extract

can be linked to one idea for example if

i said

a ring gloves punch referee

these words link to the idea linked to

the field

of boxing if i said two meters hand

sanitizer face mask

these words link to the idea to the field

field

of coronavirus guys number 10 number 10

number 10 let's look at irony guys irony

worst explained language devices i've

ever come across i only got

very very simple irony is when events in

the text

itself even surprises the characters

for example when mr burling in act 3 of

inspector calls says i'd give thousands

yes thousand this is irony because you

would never have expected

mr burling to be offering money when scrooge

scrooge

changes in a christmas carol this is

irony because you would never of had

expected scrooge to change

and that is irony those the first ten

let's move guys to 11. i must write it

down guys because i will forget

number 11 guys rhetorical question this

is what it says on the packaging this is

a question in a piece of writing that

does not require an answer

how would you feel if i don't know how

would you feel

if you had to wear a face mask all day

for example

number 12 number 12 number 12 number 12

this one guys

this you can find anywhere in any piece

of writing

hyperbole hyperbole hyperbole the answer

is in the name

hyperbole is when you hype hype hype is

when you

over exaggerate so angry i'm gonna kill

him i'm so hungry i'm gonna eat everything

everything

these are hyperboles because i'm over exaggerating

exaggerating

number 12 guys 13 number 13

let's go for assonance now guys in the

english language we have vowels the

vowels are

a e i o u assonance is the repetition of

the vowel sound if i said

light the fire i i light in i

sorry i in light and i in fire

light the fire is accident if i said

i'm too cool for school

that's me repeating the vowel sound that

is created by the letter o

all right guys number 14 number 14

this i really hope i'm the right number

number 14 guys this

is iteration alliteration is when words

in a row

begin with the same letter the big blue ball

ball

bounced down the road bb bbb

can there be a word in between yes

that's fine

can there be multiple words try to avoid

it but guys alliteration

essentially is when words in a row begin

with the same letter

number 15 guys this is the best friend

of iteration this

is sibilance sibilance is when words in

a row

begin with the s letter or have the s sound

sound

for example if i said the snake was slowly

slowly

what was that if i said the snake was slowly

slowly

hissing the snake was slowly hissing

that's better snake slowly

hissed in i've repeated the s sound

this is called sibilance number 16

guys euphemism euphemism euphemism

euphemism it sounds complicated but it's not

not

guy euphemism in the most easiest

definition i give you guys

is when you say something in a indirect manner

manner

for example if i said guys

you've not got long left i'm basically

telling you

that you're gonna die but i'm saying it

in a nice way

if i said he passed away

he's not with us anymore that's a nice

way of me saying

he's dead these are all euphemisms

all right boys and girls number 17 i

believe let's go for emotive language

guys emotive language is pretty

straightforward it's when the

is when the writer makes the reader feel

a particular emotion

this could be anger happiness sadness

whatever the emotion as long as you feel

it guys this is called

emotive language number 18 guys let's go

for onomatopoeia this is when words

describe sounds this is when words

describe sounds crack bang boom

the carving zoom these are all sounds so

when a word describes a sound this is

known as onomatopoeia

number 19 let's go for rule of three

rule of three power of three triplets

whatever your school calls it it's the

same thing

guys rule of three is when words or

phrases in a row

when there's three words or phrases in a

row to describe something for example i

might say

this table is black black

with four legs and is quite hard

black with four legs and it's quite hard this

this

is rule of three number 20 guys we are

on number 20 let's talk about facts

and stats this is when the writer uses

evidence to support what they are saying

if i said

i spoke to 70 of students who said

that mr everything english is the best

teacher on youtube

actually i think that'll be more 95 but

you get what i mean guys

it's when i give facts and stats by

giving facts and stats

you make your writing more persuasive

you make

it more believable all right i believe

we're on number 21

is that number 21 i think so all right

guys number 21

let's look at plosives guys plosives is

the repetition of a harsh

sound normally it's the sounds that are created

created

by letters like per p or d

or k or is the sound that's created by

these letters it's a harsh sound

and this is known as plosives all right

guys let's go for number 22

and let's talk about zoo more fism

all right guys zoomorphism guys

zoomorphism is when

words used in words guy zoomorphism

is when you give a person animal features

features

for example if i said

um john barked at me

i'm trying to say that john shied at me

but by me saying that john barked

i'm giving john animal features of a dog

if you guys have seen

the jungle book mowgli is a character

who is soaking in zoomorphism

because mowgli is hanging out with the

wolves he's swinging off trees

this kid loves zoomorphism it's a human being

being

full of animal qualities

all right guys number 23 this is easy

guys this is easy by account as a

language device

so why not guys opinions use it in your writing

writing

every time you use opinions these will count

count

expert opinions talk to people these

count as language devices

number 24 guys i believe we are number 24.

24.

please talk about repetition repetition

can be a language device

and a structural device repetition guys

is when the writer repeats a word or a

phrase for effect

if you are talking about repetition as a

language device then you're talking

about what

actually is being repeated if you're

talking about repetition of a structural device

device

you're talking about where it's being

repeated and why that is important

and finally guys i want to end it with a

bit of a broad one

i want to talk about what do you do if

you can't find

any of the above 24 then you pick up

number 25

number 25 guys you pick out nouns which

are naming words

you pick up adjectives which are

describing words you pick up verbs

which are doing words and you pick out

adverbs which are words

that describe the verb

guys those were 25 language devices i

hope the video isn't too long i hope

that i'm on board you

i hope you made notes as we were going along

along

use them in your writing first and

foremost learn them there's loads more

that was just 25 i could have probably

gone to 50 but there's loads more

language devices but learn these 25

use them in your writing use them in

your english language exam use them in

your english literature exam

learn to pick them out in your text

as always guys and i mean this recently especially

especially

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